Engineering

Take the "General Engineering" path. As a student at Naugatuck Valley Community College, many opportunities will present themselves to you.

To get started in an Engineering program, you don't have to choose a specific Engineering field. The ET degree will give you a broad engineering foundation and leave many options for school and career fields.

Interested in earning a certificate instead or in combination with your degree consider: Engineering Exploratory or Alternative Energy Systems certificates.

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able to:

Program Education Objectives (PEDs)

Graduates will use the knowledge of fundamental technical sciences integrated with applied technical specialties such as manufacturing processes, engineering materials, and manufacturing management and will successfully apply analytical techniques and problem solving skills necessary to adapt to technological changes and for a career in Automated Manufacturing Engineering Technology.

Graduates will use the academic experience from projects, laboratory experimentation, classroom lectures, and demonstrations and will apply the in-depth technical knowledge attained in areas such as applied mechanics, computer-aided engineering graphics and manufacturing, design, and CNC machining.

Graduates will effectively use their communication skills in oral, written, visual, and graphic modes within interpersonal, team, and group environments.

Graduates will demonstrate professionalism and ethics, including commitment to utmost performance quality and timeliness, respect for diversity, and awareness of international issues; and will initiate continuing professional development that demonstrates their commitment to the responsibilities of a contemporary engineering technologist throughout their careers.

Student Outcomes (SO's)

Upon successful completion of the program requirements, the graduates will demonstrate the:

Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of engineering graphics and conventional drafting practices such as orthographic and isometric projection, section, detail, auxiliary views, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

Demonstrate the ability to develop an engineering concept through the detail design process and produce professionally finished engineering drawings suitable for use in manufacturing.

Be able to work with specialists to resolve technical problems in design, manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, and production.

Demonstrate a high level of proficiency in the use of state-of-the-art CAD software and be able to adapt to new CAD systems as they are developed.

Note: The Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program is highly sequenced. To complete the degree in two years, students are advised to complete the courses in the sequence listed beginning in the fall semester.